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PODCAST: Dick Dinman and Alan K. Rode Salute The Blu-ray Restoration Of 3 Rare Classic Films!
Two rare film classics virtually thought lost (REPEAT PERFORMANCE and THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS) have been beautifully restored on Blu-ray by Flicker Alley and Flicker Fusion respectively and MVD Visual has just released an incredible restoration of Lewis Milestone’s certifiable WW2
classic A WALK IN THE SUN which also includes a superb documentary produced by producer/host Dick Dinman’s distinguished guest Film Noir Foundation Charter Director Alan K. Rode.
Being the Ricardos
A review of “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios, 10dec2021) by Alan K. Rode.
Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival 2021 – Schedule
The 2021 Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival screening schedule is released! Please join Alan K. Rode and our special guests including NOIR ALLEY host Eddie Muller for our 21st year of cinematic dark delights in the desert!
Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film – Q&A – American Cinematheque Event 2aug2020
Here are the remaining questions submitted during the American Cinematheque book club Zoom presentation on Sunday August 2nd, 2020 -- with my responses. So sorry we didn’t have time to get to everyone’s questions but I hope this helps. Thanks again for tuning in! Q...
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1936): Separating Fact from Fiction
Over the years, there have been numerous stories published or otherwise repeated about the production of Warner Bros, action film THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1936).
These anecdotal accounts received additional heft in 1975 with the publication of David Niven’s memoir BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES.
Among other recollections, Niven wrote about director Michael Curtiz’s “carnage” of injured and dead horses caused by his ordering the use of a “Running W” or trip wire during action scenes that were supposedly filmed in Mexico.
Other versions included a fight between Errol Flynn and Curtiz that never occurred (There was a physical confrontation between both men that occurred six years later during DIVE BOMBER) reportedly caused by Flynn’s rage over the director’s alleged indifference to the welfare of animals with the number of horses crippled or killed during the making of the picture ranging from 20 to 100 or many more.
My research, based on studio production records, correspondence and legal files( including sworn affidavits and photographs) and other sources, revealed an accurate and less fabulist account of what occurred during production of the film.
N.Y. Review of Books: David Thomson’s review of Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
No Mistakes Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film by Alan K. Rode...
Growing Up Hollywood: Alan K. Rode Interviews Victoria Riskin + William Wellman Jr.
Classic Movie Hub and the University Press of Kentucky, with co-host Citizen Screen, present the first event in the Screen Classics Discussion Series, ‘Growing Up Hollywood.’ Author Alan Rode (“Michael Curtiz: A Life In Film”) speaks with two children of Hollywood legends who are also successful biographers of their parents: Victoria Riskin, author of “Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir, ” and William Wellman, Jr., the author of “Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel.” Recorded April 5, 2021.
Calling Old Hollywood
Prolific podcaster Kat Lively interviews Alan K. Rode on Film Noir, his classic Hollywood family lineage, what it’s been like preserving classic Hollywood and films via his restoration and hosting endeavors, his Michael Curtiz biography, what it was like interviewing Kirk Douglas, and more. Recorded on February 19, 2021.
Interview with Scott Eyman
Alan K. Rode interviews noted American author and former book editor and art critic of The Palm Beach Post, Scott Eyman. Recorded on December 12, 2020.
Kudos to Victoria for taking Jessica Cronn’s original video and creating a documentary featurette, “Growing up Mature.”
New Blu-ray® Classics with commentary by Alan K. Rode
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New Blu-ray® Classics with commentary by Alan K. Rode
Live virtual presentation of MICHAEL CURTIZ: A LIFE IN FILM by Author Alan K. Rode held by the American Cinematheque. With Q&A moderated by Programmer Ryan Marker on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 5:00 PM PDT on zoom.
Also enjoy these follow-up Frequently Asked Questions answered by Alan K. Rode.
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